Identification of GJA3 p.S50P Mutation in a Chinese Family with Autosomal Dominant Congenital Cataract and Its Underlying Pathogenesis.

abstract：:The sugars will eventually be exported transporters (SWEET) gene family is a glycoprotein gene family that can regulate the transport of sugar in plants and plays an important role in plant growth and development, as well as in response to environmental stress. In this study, Kentucky bluegrass (cv. Baron) seedlings w...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Zhang R,Niu K,Ma H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of H-plk (Human-proviral linked Krüppel), a human Krüppel-related zinc finger gene in organs such as placenta, adrenal cortex, and testis, is probably due to insertion of an endogenous retrovirus, ERV3, upstream of the gene. Several differently spliced transcripts originate from this locus, e.g., a tran...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Abrink M,Larsson E,Hellman L

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In IL-5 transgenic mice (C3H/HeN-TgN(IL-5)-Imeg), in which 50% of peripheral blood leukocytes are eosinophils, the development of infection by Leishmania amazonensis was clearly suppressed. To determine mechanistically how this protozoan parasite is killed, we performed in vitro killing experiments. Either IL-4 or IFN...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Watanabe Y,Hamaguchi-Tsuru E,Morimoto N,Nishio Y,Yagyu K,Konishi Y,Tominaga M,Miyazaki J,Furuya M,Tominaga A

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporal coordination of meiosis with spermatid morphogenesis is crucial for successful generation of mature sperm cells. We identified a recessive male sterile Drosophila melanogaster mutant, mitoshell, in which events of spermatid morphogenesis are initiated too early, before meiotic onset. Premature mitochondrial a...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Bergner LM,Hickman FE,Wood KH,Wakeman CM,Stone HH,Campbell TJ,Lightcap SB,Favors SM,Aldridge AC,Hales KG

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disruption of cell-matrix interactions can lead to anoikis-apoptosis due to loss of matrix contacts. We previously showed that Nerve/glial antigen 2 (NG2) is a novel anoikis receptor. Specifically, overexpression of NG2 leads to anoikis propagation, whereas its suppression leads to anoikis attenuation. Interestingly, ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Joo NE,Miao D,Bermúdez M,Stallcup WB,Kapila YL

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Butyrate is a naturally occurring product of colonic microbial fermentation of dietary carbohydrates that escape hydrolysis in the small intestine. Butyrate plays a significant role in the maintenance of colonic tissue homeostasis by regulating the expression of genes associated with the processes of proliferation, di...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Daly K,Shirazi-Beechey SP

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized four sequences from a small library containing a subset of the repetitive families of the mouse. Each clone has a repetition frequency of less than 1,100 copies per genome and each clone represents a unique family of middle repetitive DNA. One clone (pMR111) shares homology with mouse intracister...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Adiletta DC,Elliott RW,Woodworth ME

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative determination of T-cell receptor (TCR) V beta expression is necessary to define the changes in TCR-V beta subfamily expression that occur during T-cell maturation and selection and to detect alterations of the TCR-V beta repertoire that may be associated with human diseases. Here we describe and validate ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Duchmann R,Strober W,James SP

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous phytohormones auxin (indole-3-acetic acid [IAA]), abscisic acid (ABA), gibberellin (GA3), and brassinosteroid (BR) play a role in responses to drought stress in higher plants. Tea plant is one of the major economic corps worldwide. The tender shoots of tea plants are the main source for tea production. The ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Li H,Teng RM,Liu JX,Yang RY,Yang YZ,Lin SJ,Han MH,Liu JY,Zhuang J

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The promoters of mammalian striated muscle actin gene contain binding sites for a number of transcription factors. Examples are the CArG boxes, which bind a protein identical to or related to serum response factor (SRF), E boxes, which bind myogenic determination factors such as MyoD and myogenin, and -CCGCCC- motifs,...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Davey HW,Kelly JK,Wildeman AG

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we report main properties of Harbinger DNA transposons identified in protists, plants, insects, worms, and vertebrates. This is the first superfamily of eukaryotic DNA transposons where all autonomous transposons, even those that are hosted by species from different kingdoms, encode two proteins: a super...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Kapitonov VV,Jurka J

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation plays an essential role in carcinogenesis. Promoter hypermethylation can result in transcriptional silencing of specific genes, such as tumor suppressors. Thus far, few reports have investigated the effect of curcumin, an active component of the perennial herb Curcuma longa, on DNA methylation. In the ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Wu B,Yao X,Nie X,Xu R

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) are associated with different types of cancer, specifically colorectal cancer (CRC). However, few studies have been performed on precancerous lesions, such as ulcerative colitis (UC) lesions and adenomatous polyps (AP). The aim of this study was to identify mtDNA mutations...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Kassem AM,El-Guendy N,Tantawy M,Abdelhady H,El-Ghor A,Abdel Wahab AH

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At supramolecular resolution, DNA synthesis begins at preferred replication origins in the chromosomes of metazoan cells. To characterize one of these origins in detail, the initiation of replication was examined in the HeLa c-myc origin. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of size-fractionated nascent chrom...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Trivedi A,Waltz SE,Kamath S,Leffak M

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallothioneins (MT) are expressed during early development in species of several groups. To understand MT function in developmental processes, we studied the MT system of Xenopus laevis, a model vertebrate species in experimental embryology. We first purified and sequenced the liver MT from copper-treated animals. T...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Muller JP,Wouters-Tyrou D,Erraiss NE,Vedel M,Touzet N,Mesnard J,Sautiere P,Wegnez M

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The promoter of the human urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) gene contains a sequence identical with the retinoblastoma control element (RCE) of the murine c-fos gene, as well as several Sp1 binding sites. In a number of cell lines, the uPA promoter is activated during enforced expression of the retinoblastoma prot...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Novak U,Paradiso L,Hamilton JA

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of premature ovarian failure (POF), a condition causing amenorrhea and hypergonadotropic hypoestrogenism in women before the age of 40, has been increasing in recent years. As an irreversible pathological change, improved treatment strategies for this disease are urgently needed. In this study, a type of...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Liu T,Qin W,Huang Y,Zhao Y,Wang J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) reach full developmental capability during folliculogenesis and oogenesis. It is well recognized that only gametes achieving MII stage after in vivo or in vitro maturation (IVM) are successfully fertilized by a single spermatozoon. Although the process of oocyte nuclear and/or...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Budna J,Bryja A,Celichowski P,Kranc W,Ciesiółka S,Borys S,Rybska M,Kolecka-Bednarczyk A,Jeseta M,Bukowska D,Antosik P,Brüssow KP,Bruska M,Nowicki M,Zabel M,Kempisty B

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palindromati, the massive host-edited synthetic palindromic contamination found in GenBank, is illustrated and exemplified. Millions of contaminated sequences with portions or tandems of such portions derived from the ZAP adaptor or related linkers are shown (1) by the 12-bp sequence reported elsewhere, exon Xb, 5' CC...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Castro-Chavez F

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of the pancreas is a complicated process that is regulated on several levels. Pancreas transcription factor 1, alpha subunit (Ptf1a), also known as p48, is a pancreas-specific basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor that is critical for both exocrine pancreas development and maintenance of acinar c...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Lu CK,Lai YC,Chen HR,Chiang MK

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy depends on safe and efficient gene delivery. The skin is an attractive target for gene delivery because of its accessibility. Recently, in vivo electroporation has been shown to enhance expression after injection of plasmid DNA. In this study, we examined the use of electroporation to deliver plasmid DNA ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Heller R,Schultz J,Lucas ML,Jaroszeski MJ,Heller LC,Gilbert RA,Moelling K,Nicolau C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrated earlier that post-exposure prophylaxis with 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT, zidovudine) or with AZT + interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) prevented viremia and disease in BALB/c mice inoculated with Rauscher murine leukemia virus (RLV). After the 20-day treatment course, most animals were resistant to rechal...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Ruprecht RM,Bronson R

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factor delta EF1 is a key player in estrogen-signaling cascades in vertebrates. In this pathway, estrogen induces the expression of the gene encoding delta EF1, and then delta EF1 activates transcription of downstream targets. Yet, the molecular mechanisms of transcriptional activation by delta EF1 h...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Dillner NB,Sanders MM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Egr-1 (zfp-6) gene encodes a zinc-finger-containing nuclear protein that is rapidly and transiently induced in quiescent cells treated with mitogens. We have constructed baculovirus vectors that synthesize mouse Egr-1 protein initiating at two putative ATG start sites. The ATG site producing the larger protein (Mr...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Ragona G,Edwards SA,Mercola DA,Adamson ED,Calogero A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioredoxin peroxidase (TPx) is an antioxidant protein that limits the activity of reactive oxygen species (ROS). We cloned the cDNA encoding the mouse homolog of TPx from an E14.5 brain cDNA library and analyzed its distribution and function in murine tissues. Comparison of the amino acid sequence of mouse TPx with t...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Ichimiya S,Davis JG,O'Rourke DM,Katsumata M,Greene MI

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiomyocytes are notoriously difficult to transfect using standard techniques unless viral vectors such as recombinant adenoviruses are used. Generation of recombinant adenoviruses is, however, a complex and time-consuming procedure and not possible for every DNA construct. We therefore optimized DNA/polylysine/aden...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Bauer S,Maier SK,Neyses L,Maass AH

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research aims to investigate the immune-associated gene signature from databases to improve the prognostic value in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by multidimensional methods using various bioinformatic methods. Fifty-one immune-associated genes were mined out, which were associated with clinical characters throu...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Chen W,Tang D,Ou M,Dai Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The linkage of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to HLA-DR haplotypes, high levels of HLA-DR expression, and T-cell infiltration in the joints, indicate a central role for the interaction of T-cell receptors (TCR) with antigen (Ag) + major histocompatibility complex (MHC) complexes in pathogenesis. Receptor analysis in RA has...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Keiber-Emmons T,Fang Q,Cai W,Friedman SM,Crow MK,Lotke P,Williams WV

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P450 15 beta is a female-specific gene product that catalyzes the hydroxylation of steroid sulfates at the 15 beta position. Isolation and analysis of the gene for rat P450 15 beta reveals nine coding exons and encompasses more than 35 kb of chromosomal DNA. The intron-exon junctions are at similar position...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Zaphiropoulos PG,Westin S,Ström A,Mode A,Gustafsson JA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear factor of κB (NFκB) family has been well known for its significant role in regulating the expression of numerous genes that control many biological processes. However, it is unclear whether NFκB could regulate milk synthesis. In this study, we identified NFκB1 as a critical regulator for milk synthesis in ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Huang X,Zang Y,Zhang M,Yuan X,Li M,Gao X

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00